Jim Saleam

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Jim Saleam

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Saleam at a nationalism rally, 2013
Chairman of the Australia First Party
Assumed office
18 July 2010
Deputy ChairmanPeter Schuback
Preceded byOffice established;
Diane Teasdale (as President of the Federal Australia First Party)
General Secretary of the Australia First Party
In office
19 December 2002 – August 2007
PresidentDiane Teasdale
Preceded byNo immediate predecessor
Succeeded byNo immediate successor
Leader of the National Action Party
In office
25 April 1982 – 11 June 1997
DeputyRoss May
Preceded byParty established
Succeeded byMichael Brander
Deputy Leader of the
National Socialist Party of Australia
In office
c. 1972 – 1975
Served with Ross May
LeaderTed Cawthron
Preceded byFrank Molnar
Succeeded byParty dissolved
Personal details
Born
James Saleam

(1955-09-18) 18 September 1955 (age 63)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyAustralia First
(2002—07; 2010—present)
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s)
Jane Mengler
(m. 1987; div. 1994)
[1]
Children2
ResidenceTempe, New South Wales, Australia
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Known forFar-right activism, criminal convictions, neo-Nazism, founding National Action and Australia First Party [2]
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James ("Jim") Saleam (/ˈseɪləm/; born 18 September 1955) is an Australian far-right extremist[4] and the current chairman of the Australia First Party. Saleam is a convicted criminal and neo-Nazi. In 1975 photographs were published of Saleam wearing a swastika armband and associating with neo-Nazi skinheads.[5] Saleam has been described as a white nationalist, who has been a strong advocate of barring further immigration to preserve a "predominantly white nation resistant to... watering-down of its culture".[6]

Political activism[edit]

Saleam was a member of the short-lived National Socialist Party of Australia as a teenager during the 1970s. On Anzac Day 1982, he co-founded National Action (NA), which eventually imploded due to Saleam's criminal actions which included property offences and fraud in 1984 and for organising a shotgun attack in 1989 on African National Congress representative Eddie Funde[7] by two NA members. Saleam served terms in jail in both cases. He pleaded not guilty to both charges, claiming that he was set up by police, a claim which was rejected by the courts and Saleam maintained his innocence. In the New South Wales State Election to be held on Saturday, 23 March 2019, Saleam is standing as an Independent candidate for the Cootamundra Electorate. [8][9][6][3]

After his release from prison, Saleam was awarded a PhD in politics from the University of Sydney by writing a thesis entitled The Other Radicalism: An Inquiry Into Contemporary Australian Extreme Right Ideology, Politics And Organization 1975-1995.[10]

Saleam has acted as a mentor for the Patriotic Youth League.

In 2004, Saleam contested the NSW local government elections, and ran for Marrickville Council on an anti-refugee platform.[11][6][12] In 2012, he ran for NSW local government election in the City of Blue Mountains.[13][14]

Australia First Party[edit]

Saleam was the Secretary of the Sydney branch of the Australia First Party (AFP) between 2002 and 2007, when he became its chairman, and sought to reestablish the party. In July 2009, he announced that it had reached its target of 500 members and was registering the New South Wales branch party with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and was reregistered on 13 June 2010, in time to contest the 2010 federal election.

AFP contested the 2013 federal election, Saleam standing in the seat of Cook on a platform to end refugee intakes, running against Scott Morrison, and receiving 617 votes, or 0.67% of the vote.

On 14 July 2015, the AEC deregistered the AFP due to its failure to demonstrate the required number of members. It was reregistered on 1 March 2016 as "Australia First Party (NSW) Incorporated".[15]

Saleam stood at the 2016 federal election in the seat of Lindsay and received 1068 votes or 1.2% of the vote. He stood for AFP in the 2018 Longman by-election, receiving 709 votes or 0.8% of the vote.[16]

Saleam stood in the seat of Cootamundra, New South Wales, in the 2017 by-election as an independent, though still a member of Australia First, as the party is not registered for state elections.[17] He received 453 votes, 1% of the total. He again stood in the seat at the 2019 New South Wales state election as an independent. Saleam's platform included the reintroduction of the White Australia policy and opposition to Chinese immigration.[18]

Personal life[edit]

Saleam married Jane Mengler in 1987. They had two children and divorced in 1994.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Good Weekend and Dr James Saleam". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 August 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  2. ^ Petrinic, Isabell (2 June 2016). "Lindsay: Scramble over minor and independent preferences". The Daily Telegraph. he Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Burke, Kelly (6 September 2012). "Mystery over Australia First's manifesto man". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  4. ^ Fellner, Carrie. "Right wing extremist makes election bid in sleepy NSW 'cherry capital'". Sydeny Morning Herald. Nine. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  5. ^ Several articles discuss Saleam's criminal convictions, contain photographs of Saleam wearing Nazi attire and describe Saleam as a neo-Nazi or former neo-Nazi: Petrinic, Isabell (2 June 2016). "Lindsay: Scramble over minor and independent preferences". The Daily Telegraph. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. ^ a b c West, Andrew (29 February 2004). "White separatist takes on Marrickville". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  7. ^ African National Congress diplomat Eddie Funde made a powerful contribution
  8. ^ "The Gundagai Independent" newspaper, Tuesday, 19 March 2019, page 1. Greason, David (1994), I was a teenage fascist, pp.283,284,289, McPhee Gribble
  9. ^ Gibson, Jano; Frew, Wendy (12 January 2008). "No apology for white Australia policy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
  10. ^ Saleam, James. The Other Radicalism: An Inquiry Into Contemporary Australian Extreme Right Ideology, Politics And Organization 1975-1995 (PhD). Fisher Library, University of Sydney. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Local Council Elections – Australia First Party in Ward One". Katoomba Leura Online. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  13. ^ "Federal election candidates: Cook". St George and Sutherland Shire Leader. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  14. ^ "Cook, NSW". Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 1 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  15. ^ Registration and deregistration details:
  16. ^ Electoral results:
  17. ^ Grey, Lachlan (27 August 2017). "Australia First leader Jim Saleam to contest Cootamundra by-election in November". Cootamundra Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  18. ^ Right wing extremist makes election bid in sleepy NSW 'cherry capital'

External links[edit]

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